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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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 Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 02:55:04
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| I'm actually enjoying "Arrow" much more than I anticipated. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 03:54:47
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Yeah, I caught an episode last week, and it was interesting. I missed last night's Once Upon a Time- so what did I miss? Anyone care to give a run-down? My tv watching is usually relegated to those rare times when I can get my hubby to give up the 360 so I can actually watch something, lol!
I actually watch Arrow online on the website...still has commercials.
The Arrow Wiki sums it up well... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 05:25:10
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I haven't caught Arrow yet.
@Alystra: In Once Upon Time, it was mostly about the Wolf (Red Riding Hood). King George tried to frame her for a murder he committed. He got caught, but somehow manged to get away (from and angry, torch-bearing mob). I don't recall anything happening in the Fairy Tale world, other then the usual flashbacks (we learned a little something about Red's past). King George managed to burn The Hatter's hat. Not my favorite episode.
Oh, the kid (Snow's grandson) seems to be able to meet people in his dreams - he was able to tell the folks trapped in Faerie are still okay. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 05:29:54
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| Hmm. I may have to hunt for it on the net. I liked last week's ep with Hook and the Giant from the beanstalk. It was the first one I'd seen, so I didn't quite know everything that was going on (what was all that stuff about the thief chick and that guy she hooked up with ?) but I liked what I saw. Unfortunately, Sunday the other half had the game-box on as usual, so I didn't get a chance to see it. Missed 666, too. That one is intriguing, as well! |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 07:44:07
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Macross was actually my first exposure to anime as a kid circa 1987? Used to get up at six am on saturday morning to watch it.
Same here bro. Though we used to watch it around 6 pm in the evening. All the kids would run off home at around that time. Though this was around 1990. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 13:48:27
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
I'm actually enjoying "Arrow" much more than I anticipated.
Was that the episode that featured Huntress?
I've watched five episodes, haven't seen Huntress yet. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 16:16:51
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Originally posted by Markustay
It was Gigantor and Speed Racer that got me hooked early on. I'm not a big fan of 'giant robot' anime, but that first one still holds a special place in my heart.
Oh, Gigantor... I remember that one. Big fan of that back in the day.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 16:23:25
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Ah, Voltron! How could I forget that one?
Still trying to find the complete boxed set for Voltron. It's hard to come by in Australia.
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Then there was also Technoman, which I also loved. Somewhat obscure, but I like the idea of the mecha being part of him.
My friends and I watched this one almost religiously. Every day, after a new episode, we'd discuss the latest twists and turns that seemed to crop up in nearly every story.
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Another favourite of my, from my childhood, remains Ulysses 31. I couldn't get enough of this series -- the Greek mythology in space aspect of the show was just too much awesome for my young mind to let go... 
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 21:29:15
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Sage, regarding Voltron, one question- which series? Cats, or cars? Or are you after both? I always preferred the one with the lions. Five cats to do what it took a dozen vehicles to do.....
I remember seeing episodes of both, myself. I always greatly preferred the vehicles. I just didn't (and still don't!) see a point to five giant robot lions. And they really didn't look too lionish to me, either. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2012 : 22:17:28
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Maybe they were mountain lions? That's sort of what they always reminded me of. It's no stranger than the dinos from Power Rangers(*cough* Rip-off! *cough*). As for the vehicles, it seemed like overkill to me.
Other than the Pink Ranger, I had no interest in the Power Rangers.  |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 00:08:39
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From my childhood...Let's see...Dragon Ball Z, Power Rangers, Ultraman, Masked Rider, Cedie, Julio & Julia. The last two are probably the only ones I can stomach watching to this day. The rest would have me thinking what kind of drugs I swallowed when young. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 01:54:00
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Sage, regarding Voltron, one question- which series? Cats, or cars? Or are you after both? I always preferred the one with the lions. Five cats to do what it took a dozen vehicles to do.....
Either would be fine, but the series with the cats/lions was also my favourite. Which is also partly why I've been picking up the Voltron: Year One series published by Dynamite Entertainment. It draws on the origins on the anime, and tells the story of how the five came together. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 02:10:02
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Originally posted by BEAST
Pirates of Darkwater cartoon, on Saturday mornings.
Oh, yeah. I'll admit, too, that I was a sucker for the collectable cards they released to support the cartoon. The gold foil-embossed 'Prince Ren' card was the prize of my collection. [Still have it here somewhere, too, I think.]
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Skeleton Warriors was a particular favourite from the early 90's too. It helped me to plot a fairly fun series of adventures for the SPELLJAMMER campaigns I was running at the time. An NPC based on Dr. Cyborn was a party-favourite and a fiendish nasty I used to establish the creation of some new vile bio-creatures for the Unhuman Wars. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 02:24:54
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Ye ol' Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.
I watch it now, and I'm like: "Wow...THIS is what captured me so intently?"
I mean, it is good...but it seemed truly astonishing when I was younger! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 02:53:18
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| hey, without it, many of us would never have even known the game existed! In fact, I watched the cartoon long before I knew there was a game. I like the fact that the cartoon episodes were based on some of the early modules. I have the entire series, and some of my faves were "Eye of the Beholder", "City on the Edge of Midnight", and "The Box". |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 08:23:58
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Maybe they were mountain lions? That's sort of what they always reminded me of. It's no stranger than the dinos from Power Rangers(*cough* Rip-off! *cough*). As for the vehicles, it seemed like overkill to me.
Other than the Pink Ranger, I had no interest in the Power Rangers.
When I was a little kid in the '80s, a friend of mine traded his green lion with me for my Transformers Ravage panther/mini-cassette for a week. At the end of the week, we traded back, and while he got to keep his green lion, somebody stole my Ravage from my desk.  So I hated lion Voltron III from then on.
In the college dorms in the '90s, some of the guys introduced me to the 1st Power Rangers. They watched it drunk, after class, and swore it was the best thing since sliced bread. I watched it with them 'cause they were a hoot when drunk. Oh yeah, and also because of the Pink Ranger. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 15 Nov 2012 : 10:53:34
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Originally posted by BEAST
When I was a little kid in the '80s, a friend of mine traded his green lion with me for my Transformers Ravage panther/mini-cassette for a week. At the end of the week, we traded back, and while he got to keep his green lion, somebody stole my Ravage from my desk. So I hated lion Voltron III from then on.
I was at a friend's place recently, for the birthday party of one of his kids... My friend had recently found some of those cassette Transformers he'd had from when he was younger, and given them to his kids. One of the kids in attendance was playing with them. She liked them, but wasn't sure what cassettes were! 
I don't have any of the old Transformers anymore, but I do have a couple of the new ones -- I've got a Soundwave MP3 player and a Ravage thumb drive. Soundwave sucks as an MP3 player (among other things, it takes a MiniSD card!), but looks like the original in both radio and robot modes. And Ravage is only a 2GB thumb drive, but it looks much like the original in panther mode. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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vorpalanvil
Seeker
USA
90 Posts |
Posted - 21 Nov 2012 : 09:19:30
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| So Yu-Gi-Oh (I think I got it right?) is better than Pokemon? Kind of like a solid fiber turd is better than a hangover-black liquid turd?! Also, "Pirates of Dark Water" was a cool idea for a show that aired at the end of my saturday morning cartoon watching days. As I recall my DM in Jr. High was all about it. |
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vorpalanvil
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 21 Nov 2012 : 09:24:00
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| Also, BEAST; you appear to be a curmudgeon as well. We should drink Dwarven stout till it runs out our ears and into our fabulous beards and speak of that which doesn't suck! For Marthamooor Duin and Clangedin!!! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 21 Nov 2012 : 22:47:13
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| Vorpalanvil, do not knock the Yu-Gi-Oh. Yugi is a FAR more interesting character than Ash ever thought of being, and the series had a MUCH better story. (At least for the first two or three seasons- when thy got to GX, it was all over...) Besides, the creatures and spells are so much cooler it's not even a contest. Pikachu vs Dark Magician? Yeah, I know which one I'D bet on.... Even Kuriboh, which is probably the WORST of the Yu-Gi-Oh monsters, could just multiply until it suffocated that little electric rat. |
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 22 Nov 2012 : 02:29:38
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Originally posted by vorpalanvil
Also, BEAST; you appear to be a curmudgeon as well. We should drink Dwarven stout till it runs out our ears and into our fabulous beards and speak of that which doesn't suck! For Marthamooor Duin and Clangedin!!!
Indeed, Oh Brother of the Anvil. May Clangeddin guide yer hammer and yer mug (and your TV remote) until the end of yer days!
Axes high, friend. Axes high! |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 22 Nov 2012 : 07:21:29
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Vorpalanvil, do not knock the Yu-Gi-Oh. Yugi is a FAR more interesting character than Ash ever thought of being, and the series had a MUCH better story. (At least for the first two or three seasons- when thy got to GX, it was all over...) Besides, the creatures and spells are so much cooler it's not even a contest. Pikachu vs Dark Magician? Yeah, I know which one I'D bet on.... Even Kuriboh, which is probably the WORST of the Yu-Gi-Oh monsters, could just multiply until it suffocated that little electric rat.
Ahem to that sister. Watching Yugi kick ass is something that I greatly enjoyed while Pokemon got so stale and trite that is was sickening. |
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